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Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) 2025

Annex

Online ISSN: 2009-5937

CSO statistical release, 11 March 2026, 11am

The income reference period of SILC in year T is the calendar year T-1, i.e. for SILC 2025 the income relates to Jan-Dec 2024.

Sample Size

In SILC 2025, the achieved sample size was 4,705 households and 11,617 individuals, which is an increase in the 2024 achieved sample which consisted of 4,885 households and 12,066 individuals. See table 7.1.

Table 7.1 Sample Size by Demographic Characteristics and Year

Table 7.1 Sample Size by Demographic Characteristics and Year
		Number of households					Number of individuals
		2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
State		4,846	4,660	4,191	4,885	4,705	12,291	11,393	10,199	12,066	11,617
Sex¹
	Male	2,353	2,310	2,068	2,431	2,367	5,970	5,570	4,978	5,897	5,695
	Female	2,493	2,350	2,123	2,454	2,338	6,321	5,823	5,221	6,169	5,922
Age group¹
	0-17	0	0	0	0	0	2,812	2,545	2,282	2,711	2,569
	18-34	205	197	202	229	221	1,700	1,416	1,303	1,593	1,595
	35-49	1,349	1,255	1,081	1,277	1,185	2,473	2,316	2,028	2,385	2,195
	50-64	1,566	1,561	1,331	1,548	1,509	2,650	2,566	2,205	2,599	2,520
	65+	1,726	1,647	1,577	1,831	1,790	2,656	2,550	2,381	2,778	2,738
Principal economic status (aged 16 years and over)¹
	Employed	2,401	2,492	2,173	2,591	2,476	4,791	4,848	4,294	5,195	4,919
	Unemployed	217	75	93	102	117	471	177	191	223	258
	Retired	1,453	1,492	1,388	1,629	1,628	2,221	2,261	2,105	2,452	2,465
	Unable to work due to long-standing health problems	311	224	213	245	222	535	404	367	414	414
	Student, pupil	25	27	23	18	15	969	818	692	786	809
	Fulfilling domestic tasks	369	303	264	239	186	735	567	470	455	393
Highest education level attained (aged 16 years and over)¹
	Primary or below	652	501	496	493	438	1,056	819	798	800	722
	Lower secondary	605	469	462	498	466	1,543	1,239	1,123	1,263	1,242
	Higher secondary	791	703	676	792	769	2,191	1,853	1,748	2,077	1,989
	Post leaving cert	620	504	507	565	568	1,112	901	883	994	985
	Third level non degree	419	442	377	446	399	677	720	622	736	685
	Third level degree or above	1,730	2,026	1,653	2,052	2,010	3,147	3,576	2,922	3,643	3,588
Household composition
	1 adult aged 65+	751	728	746	834	833	751	728	746	834	833
	1 adult aged <65	613	638	555	616	573	613	638	555	616	573
	2 adults, at least 1 aged 65+	909	895	801	941	906	1,818	1,790	1,602	1,881	1,812
	2 adults, both aged <65	542	586	451	539	509	1,080	1,172	902	1078	1,018
	3 or more adults	608	519	467	534	544	2,106	1,767	1,592	1,860	1,891
	1 adult with children aged under 18	151	128	119	136	131	409	351	324	366	347
	2 adults with 1-3 children aged under 18	861	850	764	933	868	3,415	3,371	3,028	3,679	3,436
	Other households with children aged under 18	411	316	288	352	341	2,099	1,576	1,450	1,752	1,707
Household type
	One person household	1,370	1,368	1,301	1,452	1,406	1,370	1,368	1,301	1,452	1,406
	Lone parent with at least one child aged less than 25	298	238	213	249	256	843	646	595	698	705
	Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more	154	135	121	126	119	326	285	258	259	245
	Couple without any child(ren)	1,190	1,243	1,049	1,244	1,191	2,380	2,486	2,098	2,488	2,382
	Couple with at least one child aged less than 25	1,388	1,223	1,040	1,278	1,218	5,821	5,017	4,277	5,247	5,017
	Couple with all children aged 25 or more	214	175	164	181	188	687	552	523	578	590
	Other type of household	232	278	303	355	327	864	1,039	1,147	1,344	1,272
Number of persons at work in the household
	0	1,877	1,663	1,551	1,767	1,750	3,110	2,639	2,420	2,760	2,776
	1	1,442	1,392	1,228	1,393	1,333	3,560	3,082	2,737	3,065	2,970
	2	1,281	1,406	1,210	1,446	1,351	4,591	4,872	4,212	5,058	4,729
	3+	246	199	202	279	271	1,030	800	830	1183	1,142
Tenure status
	Owner-occupied	3,993	3,934	3,486	4,032	3,873	10,278	9,769	8,530	10,055	9,634
	Rented or rent-free	853	726	705	853	832	2,013	1,624	1,669	2,011	1,983
Urban/rural location
	Urban areas	2,948	3,019	2,613	3,115	3,052	7,392	7,324	6,403	7,728	7,555
	Rural areas	1,898	1,641	1,578	1,770	1,653	4,899	4,069	3,796	4,338	4,062
Region
	Northern and Western	861	719	788	843	773	2,120	1,695	1,815	2,030	1,889
	Southern	1,783	1,720	1,502	1,686	1,595	4,377	4,066	3,523	4,013	3,790
	Eastern and Midland	2,202	2,221	1,901	2,356	2,337	5,794	5,632	4,861	6,023	5,938
¹Sex, age group, Principal Economic Status and highest education level attained refers to that of the head of household.